ITK  4.8.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/IO/DicomImageReadWrite.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This example illustrates how to read a single DICOM slice and write it back
// as another DICOM slice. In the process an intensity rescaling is also
// applied.
//
// In order to read and write the slice we use the \doxygen{GDCMImageIO}
// class which encapsulates a connection to the underlying GDCM library. In
// this way we gain access from ITK to the DICOM functionalities offered by
// GDCM. The GDCMImageIO object is connected as the ImageIO object to be used
// by the \doxygen{ImageFileWriter}.
//
// We should first include the following header files.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkGDCMImageIO.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
#include <list>
#include <fstream>
int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
// Verify the number of parameters in the command line
if( argc < 5 )
{
std::cerr << "Usage: " << std::endl;
std::cerr << argv[0] << " DicomImage OutputDicomImage ";
std::cerr << " OutputImage RescaleDicomImage\n";
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Then we declare the pixel type and image dimension, and use them for
// instantiating the image type to be read.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef signed short InputPixelType;
const unsigned int InputDimension = 2;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// With the image type we can instantiate the type of the reader, create one,
// and set the filename of the image to be read.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// GDCMImageIO is an ImageIO class for reading and writing DICOM v3 and
// ACR/NEMA images. The GDCMImageIO object is constructed here and connected to
// the ImageFileReader.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::GDCMImageIO ImageIOType;
ImageIOType::Pointer gdcmImageIO = ImageIOType::New();
reader->SetImageIO( gdcmImageIO );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// At this point we can trigger the reading process by invoking the
// \code{Update()} method. Since this reading process may eventually throw an
// exception, we place the invocation inside a \code{try/catch} block.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
try
{
reader->Update();
}
{
std::cerr << "exception in file reader " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We now have the image in memory and can get access to it using the
// \code{GetOutput()} method of the reader. In the remainder of this current
// example, we focus on showing how to save this image again in DICOM
// format in a new file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// First, we must instantiate an ImageFileWriter type. Then, we construct one,
// set the filename to be used for writing, and connect the input image to be
// written. Since in this example we write the image in different ways,
// and in each case use a different writer, we enumerated the variable
// names of the writer objects as well as their types.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
Writer1Type::Pointer writer1 = Writer1Type::New();
writer1->SetFileName( argv[2] );
writer1->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We need to explicitly set the proper image IO (GDCMImageIO) to the writer
// filter since the input DICOM dictionary is being passed along the writing
// process. The dictionary contains all necessary information that a valid
// DICOM file should contain, like Patient Name, Patient ID, Institution Name,
// etc.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
writer1->SetImageIO( gdcmImageIO );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The writing process is triggered by invoking the \code{Update()} method.
// Since this execution may result in exceptions being thrown we place the
// \code{Update()} call inside a \code{try/catch} block.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
try
{
writer1->Update();
}
{
std::cerr << "exception in file writer " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We will now rescale the image using the RescaleIntensityImageFilter. For
// this purpose we use a better suited pixel type: \code{unsigned char}
// instead of \code{signed short}. The minimum and maximum values of the
// output image are explicitly defined in the rescaling filter.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef unsigned char WritePixelType;
typedef itk::Image< WritePixelType, 2 > WriteImageType;
InputImageType, WriteImageType > RescaleFilterType;
RescaleFilterType::Pointer rescaler = RescaleFilterType::New();
rescaler->SetOutputMinimum( 0 );
rescaler->SetOutputMaximum( 255 );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We create a second writer object that will save the rescaled image into a
// new file, which is not in DICOM format. This is done only for the sake of
// verifying the image against the one that will be saved in DICOM format later
// in this example.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
Writer2Type::Pointer writer2 = Writer2Type::New();
writer2->SetFileName( argv[3] );
rescaler->SetInput( reader->GetOutput() );
writer2->SetInput( rescaler->GetOutput() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The writer can be executed by invoking the \code{Update()} method from
// inside a \code{try/catch} block.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
try
{
writer2->Update();
}
{
std::cerr << "exception in file writer " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We proceed now to save the same rescaled image into a file in DICOM format.
// For this purpose we just need to set up a \doxygen{ImageFileWriter} and pass
// to it the rescaled image as input.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
Writer3Type::Pointer writer3 = Writer3Type::New();
writer3->SetFileName( argv[4] );
writer3->SetInput( rescaler->GetOutput() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We now need to explicitly set the proper image IO (GDCMImageIO), but also
// we must tell the ImageFileWriter to not use the MetaDataDictionary from the
// input but from the GDCMImageIO since this is the one that contains the DICOM
// specific information
//
// The GDCMImageIO object will automatically detect the pixel type, in this
// case \code{unsigned char} and it will update the DICOM header information
// accordingly.
// \index{itk::ImageFileWriter!UseInputMetaDataDictionaryOff()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
writer3->UseInputMetaDataDictionaryOff ();
writer3->SetImageIO( gdcmImageIO );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Finally we trigger the execution of the DICOM writer by invoking the
// Update() method from inside a try/catch block.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
try
{
writer3->Update();
}
{
std::cerr << "Exception in file writer " << std::endl;
std::cerr << e << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}